Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lancashire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,696 approved · 129 refused · 283 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Nov 1946 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
WOODSIDE BURNLEY ROAD PADIHAM
Received 9 Jan 2004OFF FLEETWOOD ROAD WESHAM
Received 27 May 1988PENDLE VIEW PRIMARY SCHOOL, GIBFIELD ROAD, COLNE
Received 22 Feb 2016High Roads/Back Lane, Carnforth
Received Not publishedLYTHAM ST ANNES TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORMING ARTS COLLEGE, WORSLEY ROAD, LYTHAM ST ANNES
Received 19 Jul 2019LEE QUARRY STACKSTEADS NEAR BACUP
Received 22 Oct 2002SHARPLES QUARRY TARNACRE LANE ST MICHAELS PRESTON
Received 6 Jan 2012LARCHES HOUSE LARCHES LANE PRESTON
Received 10 Dec 2002Holme Slack Community Primary School Manor House Lane Preston Lancashire
Received 11 Jul 2007SOUTH LAKELAND VILLAGE (DOCK ACRES) BORWICK LANE WARTON
Received 4 Dec 2003CATLOW QUARRY SOUTHFIELD LANE NELSON
Received 10 Dec 2012ST BERNARDS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL VICTORIA PARK AVENUE LEA PRESTON
Received 19 Nov 2007RIPLEY ST THOMAS COF E HIGH SCHOOL ASHTON ROAD LANCASTER
Received 30 Jan 2004WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL GAS PROJECT WHINNEY HILL LANDFILL SITE WHINNEY HILL ROAD ALTHAM
Received 20 Aug 2012CASTLE CEMENT RIBBLESDALE WORKS CLITHEROE
Received 2 Sept 198812 Croasdale Drive, Clitheroe
Received 15 Mar 2023WEST END PRIMARY SCHOOL CHATSWORTH ROAD MORECAMBE
Received 22 Jul 2003POLLARDS FARM OFF HOWICK CROSS LANE PENWORTHAM
Received 15 Mar 2010ICI BRINEFIELD STALMINE PREESALL
Received 12 Dec 1986MARSDEN COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL PERCY STREET NELSON
Received 3 Mar 2006RIBBLESDALE HIGH SCHOOL, QUEENS ROAD, CLITHEROE
Received 9 Dec 2014FORTON WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS AND ASSOCIATED, HOLLINS LANE, FORTON
Received 14 Jun 2022ASMALL PRIMARY SCHOOL TENNYSON DRIVE ORMSKIRK
Received 18 May 2004GREENLANDS CP SCHOOL DAWNAY ROAD RIBBLETON PRESTON
Received 14 Jul 2010Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Lancashire County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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